Merge pull request #2959 from lf32/shallow-flg-docs

Update extractcode --shallow option description
aboutcode-org · May 20, 2022 · aba3112 · aba3112
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diff --git a/docs/source/tutorials/how_to_run_a_scan.rst b/docs/source/tutorials/how_to_run_a_scan.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This extracts the zlib.tar.gz package:
 
 .. note::
 
-    ``--shallow`` option can be used to recursively extract packages.
+    Use the ``--shallow`` option to prevent recursive extraction of nested archives.
 
 
 Deciding Scan Options